Fear ruled the day

Fear ruled the day when..

• The progressives newspapers of the 20's wrote about the dangers alcohol on society
• we passed the 18th amendment to ban the production and sale of alcohol making law-abiding citizens criminals over night.

• The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor 
• we interred 110,000 Japanese American citizens in camps on FDR's executive order 9066, taking away their land and property (many never got their farms back after the war).

• The Cold War with Russia caused 
• the black listing of American citizens based on "hear-say" arguments under McCarthy

• When 19 hijackers flew 4 planes into 3 buildings and killed over 3000 American citizens
• we gave away our right to not be unlawfully searched and seized to the TSA
• we passed the Patriot Act allowing the FBI to do warrant-less wire-tapes and searches
• we passed the defense bill giving the military the power to arrest indefinitely without trial any American citizen if they are "suspected" of terrorism.

• When 20 children and 6 teachers were gunned down by mentally disturbed boy
• Congress wanted to put limits on the 2nd amendment banning the sale of certain guns and limiting the amount of ammunition a person can carry.

Will we ever learn?

Do we really know the true meaning to the words:

        "The land of the FREE and the home of the BRAVE"